Plant diterpene synthases: Exploring modularity and metabolic diversity for bioengineering

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 419-428

  Zerbe, Philipp ^a   Bohlmann, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diterpene synthase; Metabolic engineering; Natural product biosynthesis; Plant chemical diversity; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENZYMES; FRAGRANCES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHEMICAL DIVERSITY; DITERPENE HYDROCARBONS; DITERPENE SYNTHASES; ENZYME CHARACTERIZATION; NATURAL PRODUCTS; OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS; SYNTHASES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

OLEFINS;

BIOFUEL; DITERPENE; DITERPENE SYNTHASE; DITERPENOID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DITERPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84930928085     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.04.006     Document Type: Review

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